Maharashtra: Fire guts clothing store in Nashik city; no casualties

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A fire broke out at a clothing store in Maharashtra's Nashik city late on Sunday night, destroying goods worth lakhs, a fire official said on Monday, reported the PTI.

No casualties were reported in the blaze that broke out around 11.15 pm at the shop located on a main road in the city, he said.

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According to the news agency, the firefighting operations continued throughout the night, and the blaze was completely put out around 8.30 am on Monday, he said.

Eighteen fire engines were pressed into service and the fire personnel faced difficulties, as the area is congested and densely populated, the official said, as per the PTI.

While the shop was completely gutted and goods worth lakhs were destroyed, establishments and houses next to the clothing store also saw some damages, he said.

Prima facie, it appears that the blaze was caused due to firecrackers in the vicinity. The exact reason is yet to be ascertained, the official said.

Meanwhile, in an another incident in Thane, as many as 17 electric meters were reportedly destroyed in a fire that broke out in a building in Thane district of Maharashtra on Monday morning, a civic official said.

No person was injured in the blaze, he said.

The fire broke out at 6.23 am in the power meter boxes installed on the ground floor of the seven-storey building at Ganraj Nagar in Diva area, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said, reported the PTI.

After receiving information, local firemen and the disaster management cell team rushed to the spot and put out the blaze in about half-an-hour, he said.

A total of 17 power meters and two water pump connections were damaged, the official said.

A probe was on to ascertain the cause of the fire, he added.

In Hyderabad city of Telangana, the death toll in the devastating fire that engulfed a multi-storeyed apartment complex in the Nampally area of Hyderabad in Telangana has risen to nine, according to police reports on Monday.

The fire originated on the ground floor of the building, where containers with chemicals were stored. A total of 21 persons were successfully evacuated from the building, with 10 of them being transferred to a hospital. Unfortunately, nine of those hospitalized have succumbed, with asphyxiation suspected as the cause, as per preliminary information provided by a senior Fire Department official.

(with PTI inputs)